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On Wednesday 16 July 2014 3:10:48 PM David Goodenough wrote: > On Wednesday 16 July 2014 05:43:10 O.Sinclair wrote: > > On Tuesday 15 July 2014 9:27:52 AM John M Cavallo wrote: > > > On Tuesday, July 15, 2014 01:28:10 PM Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 01:04:57PM -0400, John M Cavallo wrote: > > > > > I am using KMail 4.10.5 on a Linux system and have a regular backup > > > > > of > > > > > my > > > > > entire home directory. I was manually cleaning up my KMail folders > > > > > using > > > > > 'Archive Folder...' with the 'Delete folder and subfolders after > > > > > > completion' > > > > > > > > when I accidentally overwrote an archive of another folder. Is there > > > > > a > > > > > way > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > restoring the lost mail folder from the backup? > > > > > > > > Well, go to the backup folder and live folder¹ with $file_manager and > > > > copy > > > > it back. AFAIK, KMail uses a Maildir “dialect”, so you can even copy > > > > single mails. If you don’t trust that or fear you would overwrite even > > > > more in the process, then create a new subfolder in KMail, exit KMail, > > > > and copy your backup in there. You can then start KMail again and sort > > > > out the emails from there. > > > > > > > > ¹ In the past, emails were stored in ~/.kde4/share/apps/kmail/Mail. > > > > But > > > > with KMail 2, at some point the switch was made to > > > > ~/.local/share/local-mail for your local folders. > > > > > > Thanks Frank, unfortunately things have changed recently. I checked both > > > ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail and ~/.local/share/local-mail, and came up > > > empty. > > > I > > > have previously restored the plain text files when I made this type of > > > blunder before. Some recent changes in kmail have moved the mail storage > > > to > > > someplace else. I fear that it might be in a database (akonadi?) along > > > with > > > all of the rest KDE configuration, which would make a targeted > > > restoration > > > very difficult. > > > > make sure you have hidden files visible - the subdirectories are now > > hidden > > mine are in /home/myuser/.local/share/.local-mail- > > directory/.whatevermailfolder (notice the dot in the beginning) and some > > of > > them are hidden folders, some not > > I have never quite understood why some files and directories inside .local > are hidden. You only go into .local when you need to find some mail > manually, and having them hidden just seems to be done to make life > difficult for the user! I completely agree - I see no point whatsoever in hiding my own mail away from me. Should someone invade my computer I guess they are clever enough to find them if they so wish in any case
/Sinclair |
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